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Entry Details
PCGS Number: 70473 Coin Date: 1863 Denomination (Short): P2c Denomination (Long): Pattern 2 Cents Variety: Copper Variety 2: J-316 Desg: PR Composition: Copper Strike Type: Proof Coinage Type: Pattern Coinage Years: 1863 Mint Location: Philadelphia Edge: Plain Obverse Description: The regular Shield design dated 1863, with motto IN GOD WE TRUST in large letters as used in 1864 and 1873. Reverse Description: The regular reverse design used from 1864 to 1873; this die with broken serif on the D in UNITED. General Notes: 1863 Two-Cent Piece. A numismatic delicacy; a novodel created in the 1870s. Of interest to two-cent piece specialists as well as pattern collectors. PCGS #: 70473 NGC ID: 29EV
